Critical Opposition - Part of the Policy
Sir Douglas Wass examines the executive power of Parliament.
The Reith Lectures · BBC Radio 4
November 30, 198329m 10s
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Show Notes
Former Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, Sir Douglas Wass explores the concept of authority in his series 'Government and the Governed'.
In his fourth Reith Lecture entitled 'Critical Opposition - Part of the Policy', Sir Douglas Wass asks how effective Parliament is at exercising today the functions of supervision and control which the 17th-century reformers allotted to it.